Current Controversies - Poverty and the Homeless ...
 Poverty and homelessness are sadly evident in America's cities-and even in some of the nation's rural areas. Contributors examine the root causes of poverty and what should be done to help the poor and the homeless. (20040901) [... more]
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Just Generosity,: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in ...
Just Generosity calls Christians to examine their priorities and their pocketbooks in the face of a scandalous tendency to overlook those among us who suffer while we live in practical opulence. This holistic approach to helping the poor goes far beyond ... [... more]
$17.99
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Progress against Poverty: Sustaining Mexico's ...
In 1997, Mexico launched a radical new program to combat poverty. Initially named Progresa and now known as Oportunidades, the revolutionary program has become an important example of a sustainable and scalable poverty reduction strategy in the ... [... more]
$19.95
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The Canadian Fact Book on Poverty: The Canadian Council ...
Published in 1975, this pamphlet looks at facts and figures regarding poverty in Canada. It offers an unparalleled overview of social conditions in Canada in the mid-1970s. [... more]
$1.25
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Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality
With the passage of the 1996 welfare reform, not only welfare, but poverty and inequality have disappeared from the political discourse. The decline in the welfare rolls has been hailed as a success. This book challenges that assumption. It argues that ... [... more]
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American Poverty In A New Era Of Reform
A good, objective review of poverty since the 1996 reforms In 1996, American welfare policy was changed in a fundamental way. This book seeks to summarize what has has happend since then. It is well-written concise, informative and relatively free of ... [... more]
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Reducing Poverty Through Growth And Social Policy Reform ...
Following the 1998 financial crisis, four out of every ten people slipped into poverty, not able to meet basic needs. Luckily, post-crisis economic rebound was impressive and broad-based - albeit uneven - across sectors and regions. This title explores ... [... more]
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Poverty, AIDS and Hunger: Breaking the Poverty Trap in ...
The numbers of Africans living in absolute poverty continues to increase. Through bolder and more innovative approaches, the poor can be helped, at very reasonable cost, to break out of poverty. We use the experience from one of the poorest countries on ... [... more]
$69.95
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Poverty, Work, and Freedom: Political Economy and the ...
The poor seem easy to identify: those who do not have enough money or enough of the things money can buy. This book explores a different approach to poverty, one suggested by the notion of capabilities emphasized by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. In ... [... more]
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More Than a Pretty Picture: Using Poverty Maps to Design ...
The allocation of resources and the design of policies tailored to local-level conditions require highly disaggregated information. Data on poverty at the local level is typically not available because most household surveys are not representative past ... [... more]
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Owsley County, Kentucky, and the Perpetuation of Poverty ...
Owsley County, Kentucky, is well known by journalists, academics, and local historians as a quintessential example of rural poverty in Appalachia. This study identifies several reasons behind Owsley County's ongoing struggle with poverty, including the ... [... more]
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Women, Health, and Poverty (Women & Health) (Women & Health)
This critical new volume takes a hard look at the well-being of poor women in North America. It provides a rare opportunity to focus on one of the most pressing, but neglected social issues of our time--the injurious health consequences of impoverishment ... [... more]
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